diff --git a/services/core-api/app/api/services/traction_service.py b/services/core-api/app/api/services/traction_service.py
index 6373b83d89..e4d4a92864 100644
--- a/services/core-api/app/api/services/traction_service.py
+++ b/services/core-api/app/api/services/traction_service.py
@@ -93,21 +93,17 @@ def create_oob_connection_invitation(self, party: Party):
     def delete_connection(self, connection_id) -> bool:
         delete_resp = requests.delete(
             traction_connections + "/" + str(connection_id), headers=self.get_headers())
-        current_app.logger.info(f"traction_service.delete_connection returned {delete_resp.status_code}")
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            f"traction_service.delete_connection returned {delete_resp.status_code}")
         return delete_resp.ok
 
     def reject_invitation(self, connection_id) -> bool:
         reject_resp = requests.delete(
             traction_reject_invitation(connection_id), headers=self.get_headers())
-        current_app.logger.info(f"traction_service.delete_connection returned {reject_resp.status_code}")
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            f"traction_service.delete_connection returned {reject_resp.status_code}")
         return reject_resp.ok
 
-    def reject_invitation(self, connection_id) -> bool:
-        reject_resp = requests.delete(
-            traction_reject_invitation(connection_id), headers=self.get_headers())
-        assert reject_resp.status_code == 200, f"reject_resp={reject_resp.json()}"
-        return True
-
     def offer_mines_act_permit_111(self, connection_id, attributes):
         # https://github.com/bcgov/bc-vcpedia/blob/main/credentials/bc-mines-act-permit/1.1.1/governance.md#261-schema-definition
         payload = {
diff --git a/services/core-api/app/api/verifiable_credentials/resources/traction_webhook.py b/services/core-api/app/api/verifiable_credentials/resources/traction_webhook.py
index 1be3e07167..ff48f466bc 100644
--- a/services/core-api/app/api/verifiable_credentials/resources/traction_webhook.py
+++ b/services/core-api/app/api/verifiable_credentials/resources/traction_webhook.py
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ def post(self, topic):
             if not vc_conn.connection_id:
                 # check if party already has a connection
                 existing_vc_conn = PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.query.unbound_unsafe(
-                ).filter(PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.party_guid == vc_conn.party_guid,
-                         PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.connection_id != webhook_body["connection_id"],
-                        PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.connection_id != None).first()
-                
+                ).filter(
+                    PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.party_guid == vc_conn.party_guid,
+                    PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.connection_id
+                    != webhook_body["connection_id"],
+                    PartyVerifiableCredentialConnection.connection_id != None).first()
+
                 if existing_vc_conn:
                     current_app.logger.warning(
                         f"party_guid={vc_conn.party_guid} already has a connection_id={existing_vc_conn.connection_id}"
@@ -56,11 +58,9 @@ def post(self, topic):
                     #acapy has started creating a connection delete it so it cannot be completed.
                     traction_svc = TractionService()
 
-                    #delete connection record
-                    if not traction_svc.delete_connection(webhook_body["connection_id"]):
-                        current_app.logger.error(
-                            f"error when deleting connection in traction, active aries connnection unusable by CORE, connection_id={webhook_body['connection_id']}"
-                        )
+                    #delete connection record, do not care about result.
+                    traction_svc.delete_connection(webhook_body["connection_id"])
+
                     #delete oob invitation record
                     if not traction_svc.reject_invitation(webhook_body["connection_id"]):
                         current_app.logger.error(